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https://www.icsny.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/09/Screen-Shot-2018-09-20-at-8.28.36-AM-1.png356576Christofer Pierson, Director of Member Communicationshttps://icsny.org/wp-content/uploads/2013/09/Independence-Care-System-Logo-2013.pngChristofer Pierson, Director of Member Communications2018-09-20 08:33:132018-09-21 11:44:34Jason DaSilva and the Impossible Choice

https://www.icsny.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/ICS-Anna-Fay-Disability-rightsf-Activist-Independence-Radio-576x356.png356576Christofer Pierson, Director of Member Communicationshttps://icsny.org/wp-content/uploads/2013/09/Independence-Care-System-Logo-2013.pngChristofer Pierson, Director of Member Communications2018-03-14 17:08:122018-03-15 15:11:47Anna Fay (1938-2017): A Life of Activism

Even a Supreme Court ruling as big as Olmstead, is only as powerful as the people who make sure it is followed and today the struggle for independence continues with the help of the Disability Integration Act.

While acknowledging the landmark law’s success in radically increasing the opportunities and visibility of people with disabilities in American life, the 61-page report from the Center for the Independence of the Disabled, titled ADA 25: Many Bridges to Cross, notes that major disparities in well-being between people with disabilities and the general public persist.

One day in 1944 Ramón Nuñez saw a pretty young woman in a cemetery in his hometown of Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic. He fell in love, and they soon were married, not knowing that they would be together 70 years later.

https://www.icsny.org/wp-content/uploads/2013/09/Nunez_Homepage.jpg7901280Christofer Pierson, Director of Member Communicationshttps://icsny.org/wp-content/uploads/2013/09/Independence-Care-System-Logo-2013.pngChristofer Pierson, Director of Member Communications2015-08-27 10:00:282017-05-30 10:26:38Ramon and Liliana Nuñez: Together for the Long Haul!